Tudor Houses

• One Type of Tudor doctor_bob: .morguefile.com
  
  Tudor type houses date back to the reign of the Tudors in England from 1487 to 1509. Tudor type houses made their appearance in the United States at the end of the 19th century. Tudors can be as small as a cottage, as large as a mansion or a brick attached. It is all in the design. Tudor type houses can have a variety of features including inlaid brick patterns, exposed wood frames and multiple chimneys.
  
  

Split Level

• Unlike most other types of houses, you enter a split level house on the second level, which has the living room, dining room and kitchen. A split level house has two more levels above this one with bedrooms and bathrooms. The level below the entry has a family room or den. There are no long staircases in a split level house, just three or four steps between each level. This is possible because each level is small and on a different side of the house.
  
  

Ranch

• Ranch House taliesin:morguefile.com
  
  Ranch homes are one-story houses with simplistic designs. Ranch homes can be a simple rectangle, L shaped or U shaped. Picture windows are a feature in most of the styles, and the houses can be all brick, wood with siding or wood with artificial brick facades. Ranch style homes were the first to make the open space concept popular with the living room, dining room, kitchen and in some cases family room occupying one large area. It was also the first style to popularize the attached garage.
  
  

Cape Cod

• Cape Cod houses are one and a half story homes with the main living area on the first floor. A typical Cape Cod will have a center entry with a living room, dining room, kitchen and two bedrooms on the first floor. A stairway goes up to the attic, which can be expanded by adding dormer windows and turned into a regular second floor.
  
  

Colonial

• Colonial houses come in many styles and designs, from simple to elaborate. Colonial houses are multi-story houses with the main living area on one floor and bedrooms on one or more higher floors. The styles can be Victorian with open porches and elaborate trim, Georgian with decorative columns, Dutch with roofs slopping to the front and back instead of to the sides or Federal with the doorway close to the ground and shutters on the windows.